Artur Granz

Artur Granz (Patronymic: Gurgenovich; born May 5, 1971) is a businessman, co-owner of BF&GH Travel Retail Limited,^[4] publisher of Forbes Ukraine.^[5]

Artur Granz
Born	Artur Gurgenovich Granz (1971-05-05) May 5, 1971 (age 54)
Nationality	Armenian[1]
Occupation	businessman[2]
Known for	co-owner of BF&GH Travel Retail Limited,[3] publisher of Forbes Ukraine

Early life

He was born on May 5, 1971. He graduated from the Belarusian State University in Minsk.^[6] He has been doing business in Ukraine since 2006.^[7]

Business activities

BF&GH Travel Retail Limited

Grants is a co-owner of the largest Ukrainian chain of duty-free stores BF&GH Travel Retail Limited,^[8] which is a part of BF Capital Group.

In 2014, the company won tenders for a ten-year lease of 15 thousand square meters in terminals D and F of Boryspil airport.^[9] BF&GH Travel Retail Limited is an operator of duty-free stores in Boryspil and Zhuliany international airports in partnership with the German company Gebr. Heinemann.

During the period of cooperation between BF&GH Travel Retail Limited and Gebr. Heinemann, about UAH 1 billion of taxes and social payments, and about UAH 2.7 billion for renting space at the airports of Kyiv and Odesa have been paid in Ukraine.^[10]

In 2021, it became known that BF&GH Travel Retail Limited would take on lease part of the terminal of Lviv Airport.^[11]

According to Artur Grants, despite the COVID-19 pandemic,^[12] the companies BF&GH Travel Retail Limited and Gebr. Heinemann paid UAH 177 million in taxes in 2020 and UAH 182 million for 8 months of 2021.^[13]

Forbes Ukraine

He has been the publisher of Forbes Ukraine magazine since spring 2020.^[14][15] The right to publish the magazine was received by Uyavy! LLC, the ultimate beneficiaries of which are Grants and Volodymyr Fedoryn (editor-in-chief of the previous version of Forbes Ukraine).^[5][16]

In 2023, the Forbes Ukraine team received the Forbes Courage Award for resilience, courage and adaptability.  The award was presented during the ninth Forbes Global Partners Summit in New York.^{[17][relevant?]}